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*** Technology Facebook said it intends to breach a critical 500-shareholder limit this year, meaning it will be forced to begin disclosing financial information or stage an initial public offering by April 2012, according to a new 100-page private-placement memo being distributed to potential investors in the company.

Business Watch 2011

Separately, the financing arm of Network Rail, the U.K.'s national railway network, sold $1.5 billion in three-year notes in the private-placement market with a nominal interest rate of 1.5%, or 0.18 percentage points over midswaps, according to a person familiar with the sale.

Corporations Selling Bonds at Brisk Clip Katy Burne 2011

The current private-placement regime is expected to continue before the new rules come into effect.

EU 'Passport' Rule Seen as Hurdle for U.S. Hedge Funds Amy Or 2010

Outside of the loan market, CDW Escrow Corp. pulled a $1.065 billion sale of notes due 2019 in the private-placement market, according to people familiar with that deal.

High-Yield Bond Issues, Loan Repricings Pulled; Treasurys Rise Katy Burne 2011

Ivanhoe said it believes the rights offering is exempt from Rio Tinto 's right of first offer to acquire shares issued by Ivanhoe under terms of Ivanhoe' s 2006 five-year private-placement agreement with Rio Tinto.

Ivanhoe Targets $1 Billion in Rights Offering, Shuffles Executives Carolyn King 2010

NAFMII, which is backed by the People's Bank of China, published rules Friday for the formal launch of private-placement bonds on the domestic interbank market.

China Allows Firms to Sell Bonds via Private Placement 2011

"The establishment of a private-placement corporate bond market in China can help the central government reach its long-term goal of developing the country's financial markets and increasing the proportion of direct financing," NAFMII said in a separate statement.

China Allows Firms to Sell Bonds via Private Placement 2011

"I have their private-placement memorandum from 2004 on my desk to remind of the one that got away."

Union Square Ventures Raising New Tech Fund Spencer E. Ante 2011

In 2010, $295.2 billion worth of private-placement bonds were issued in the U.S., accounting for more than 30% of corporate bond offerings in the world's largest bond market, according to data provided by NAFMII.

China Allows Firms to Sell Bonds via Private Placement 2011

"It enables issuers to raise capital while remaining private and gives" investors who qualify to buy these private-placement securities—known as 144a securities—more liquidity than they otherwise would have had with a private placement, she added.

A Hot Idea Falls Short at Goldman Gregory Zuckerman 2011